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Surname: ADAMS
Forename(s): Bertie James
Place of Birth: Foulridge, Lancashire
Service No: 24370
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 7th (Service) Battalion
Division: 19th (Western) Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1916-11-14
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IX. M. 25.
CWGC Cemetery: REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KELBROOK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Bertie James Adams (born 5 December 1894) was the son of Samuel and Jessie Sarah Ann Adams, née Tuffon (or Tiffen/Tuffin). Samuel was born in Suffolk, possibly at Walsham-le-Willows, and Jessie at Sudbury, Suffolk. Bertie's sister, Jessie Susannah, was married to Gunner Willie Walton (205207) (q.v.).
1901 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: Waterloo Road - Beaty [sic] J. Adams, aged 6 years, daughter [sic] of Samuel and Jessie Adams.
1911 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Bertie Adams, aged 16 years, born Foulridge, Lancashire, son of Samuel and Jessie Sarah Adams.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Bertie J. Adams, 24370, E. Lan. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Bertie James Adams, 24370, 7th East Lancs.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Bertie James Adams, 24370, 7th Batt East Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 14.11.16. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Samuel. £5 16s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Bertie. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Jessie S. A. Adams, age 63 years. Relationship: Mother. Address: 8, Main Street, Kelbrook, Colne, Lancs.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ADAMS, B., aged 22, East Lancs., Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Adams, Main Street, Kelbrook, killed in action Nov. 14, 1916.
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Private Bertie James ADAMS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 19th (Western) Division
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Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt
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Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt
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08 December 1916
KELBROOK YOUNG MAN KILLED
News came to hand on Friday last of the death of Private Bertie James Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Adams, Main Street, Kelbrook, who was reported killed in action on the 14th ult. He belonged to the East Lancashire Regiment, and was drafted out to France in August last. Pte. Adams, who was within a few weeks of his 22nd birthday, formerly worked as a weaver at Messrs. J. J. Duckworth's, Dotcliffe Mill, Kelbrook. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have another son in the Army, who was wounded in the Dardanelles, and subsequently took part in the expedition for the relief of Kut, and is now in India.
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08 December 1916
ADAMS - November 14th in action in France, Private Bertie James Adams, of the East Lancashire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Adams, of Main Street, Kelbrook, in his 22nd year.
08 December 1916
KELBROOK YOUNG MAN KILLED
News came to hand on Friday last of the death of Private Bertie James Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Adams, Main Street, Kelbrook, who was reported killed in action on the 14th ult. He belonged to the East Lancashire Regiment, and was drafted out to France in August last. Pte. Adams, who was within a few weeks of his 22nd birthday, formerly worked as a weaver at Messrs. J. J. Duckworth's, Dotcliffe Mill, Kelbrook. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have another son in the Army, who was wounded in the Dardanelles, and subsequently took part in the expedition for the relief of Kut, and is now in India.
16 November 1917
In loving memory of Private Bertie James Adams, who was killed at Grandcourt, in France, November, 14th, 1916, in his 22nd year.
Twelve months have passed and still we miss him,
Friends may think the wound is healed;
But they little know the sorrow
Deep within our hearts concealed.
A light is from our household gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant on our hearth
Which never can be filled.
- From his loving Father, Mother, Sisters and Brother, Main Street, Kelbrook.
In loving memory of Private Bertie James Adams, killed in France on Nov. 14th, 1916, in his 22nd year.
The fairest flowers are first to fall,
A brother true and brave;
The dearest, fondest, best of all,
Has found a hero's grave.
Some day we hope to meet him,
Some day, we know not when,
To clasp his hands in the better land
Never to part again.
- From his Sister Jessie, and Bother-in-law in France. Main Street, Kelbrook.
In loving memory of Private Bertie James Adams, killed in France on Nov. 14th, 1916, in his 22nd year.
Sleep on, dear brother, in a lonely grave,
Your life for your country you nobly gave;
No loved ones near to say good-bye,
But in God's keeping now you lie.
Not dead to those who loved him,
Not lost, but gone before;
He lives with us in memory still,
And will do ever more.
- From his brother Albert in India, and Annie.
15 November 1918
In loving memory of Pte. Bertie James Adams, killed in action Nov. 14th, 1916.
To memory ever dear.
- From his brother Albert in India, and Annie.
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